Paper 4, Section 1
The earliest that English was spoken dates all the way back to the 5th century. It has been around for a long time and has become the world’s most spoken language. Nowadays, millions of people utilize English in their everyday lives whether it be speaking, writing, social media, or other ways. However, the new translation technology is becoming even better and more advanced. This new technology is threatening the need for learning English for countries outside of the United States because of how fast this helpful tool is advancing and evolving.
Many countries all over the globe have made learning English a main part of their education system and everyday lives. China has 350 million English speakers, Nigeria has 211 million English speakers, India has 125 million English speakers. This is just a few examples of the 67 countries that have recognized English as an official language. Many of these countries have adopted English as their official language so that they can not only communicate with Americans, but also foreign people around the world that have learned English to be able to communicate with other foreign English speakers for easier communication. This is an example that supports Braj Kachru’s model of the three circles model. More specifically the expanding circle of the model. This is where countries outside of the United States adopt English for international communication.This has worked for thousands of years to bring people that would normally never be able to understand and speak to one another together by having a common language.
With the invention and adaptation of translation technology, however, English is not needed as much as it has been needed in the past. The first translation technology that came out in 1954 was certainly far from the best and took minutes to compute a simple sentence. But, nowadays, this technology has become so advanced that users of the computer do not even need to type the sentence in anymore to understand the other person, now, users can simply speak into their device and cutting edge voice activation understands it and translates it into another language.
With this level of technological elevation in the world, many people think that the need for learning and using the language will slowly decrease and end up being less popular. This is a very real concern, but it could also be a good thing. Realistically speaking, in the future there should be a way to have an instant translation feature that assists people from all different parts of the world. Without the need for people in foreign countries to learn English, culture can be restored to those people instead of having to worry about learning English. Communication will be easier for both native English speakers and the people speaking another language because of the lack of necessity for learning each other’s language. Languages will become more region locked which is good for culture, but less beneficial for people trying to learn new languages. The new technology solves current problems faced with translation and communication, but it also poses new challenges that will have to be majorly accounted for.
Overall, this new translation technology will be beneficial to the world. While it may introduce new problems, it will solve more issues than it will cause. For the people saying that it will hurt the English language’s reach and grasp are right and wrong. While people from other countries will not use the English language as much, this technology will bring so many more people together from other remote countries and regions. The English language will never truly die, it will be around for a very long period of time.
Hey Andrew,
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Bullet number 1, I’m going to give you 2 marks. You did understand the text provided and but you barley ever mentioned the text, you rather just put wider knowledge in your blog.
Bullet number 2, I’m going to give you 2 marks. You didn’t refer to the text provided such as saying “according to the text…” or “the text provides…” I feel like if you implied this into your blog you could’ve scored 3 marks or 4 marks.
Total: 4 marks
For AO2
Bullet number 1, I’m going to give you 3 marks. You didn’t have any grammatical errors, you had a clear expression with don’t ‘impede communication’, meaning it was easy to read and flow along.
Bullet number 2, I’m going to give you 3 marks. You ideas were well done and your ideas were developed clearly and it was really understandable for me, the reader, to read the text.
Total: 6 marks
For AO4
Bullet point 1, I’m going to give you 3 marks. You had stated the theories and method provided in the text and you had an adequate level of understanding of it.
Bullet pint 2, for this section I’m going you 3 marks. I really liked how you had a wide range of knowledge such as saying specific countries of how many of their population speak English. It just shows of how such of popular language English is. I also liked how you used “braj Kachrus” model. I just feel like if you provided David Crystals' theory you could’ve received 4 marks.
Total: 7 marks.
17/25 great job.
Hey Andrew,
ReplyDeleteAO1: For this section, I would give you 4 marks. Although the writing was good, you hardly referenced the text and you did not have any quotes specifically from the text. You referenced topics that were brought up in the text, but with no quotes it is hard to say that you had a good understanding of the text. You also used numbers that contradicted the numbers found in the text. For example, you said that India had 125 million English speakers, however the text we were given said that they had 100 million. For reasons like these, I am unable to give you a higher score.
AO2: For this section of your writing you did well and I would give you 4 marks. You didn’t have many errors in your writing and most of your content was relevant. Your writing was easy to follow and I was never confused while reading your writing.
AO4: For this section I would give you 6 marks. You referenced Kachru’s circle model and you elaborated on how it pertained to the English language. You mentioned that it pertained to the expanding circle section of the model, therefore I was able to see that you knew what you were talking about. Although that was a good part of your writing, you should have expanded more on your wider study and talked about David Crystal. We also say your wider study of language when you spoke on the history of the language.
Good job.
14/25
Hey shawty.
ReplyDeleteAO1: I am going to give you a 6/10. It was obvious you had a clear understanding of the text considering the data you incorporated, However, your essay lacked quotes.
AO2: I am going to give you a 3/5. Your tone lacked sophistication and your syntax was off, as certain sentences could have been worded better. However, these errors did not impede your communication.
AO4: I am going to give you a 7/10 because it was clear you had a detailed understanding of the text with the examples you used and the ideas you expanded upon.
AO1:
ReplyDelete4/10. The overall lack of textual reference brings down your ability to earn more points overall. I feel that you should make sure to quote from the text in order to gain at least a level 3 understanding of the text. From this point, being able to adequately explain the quotes will greatly benefit your overall score.
AO2:
3/5. I believe you show clear expression. But I also feel that your writing is rather unoriginal and features the typical theories that would be seen in most exam papers.
AO4:
6/10. I feel that you actually did a good job at bringing up some points and claims which you developed from the article. Continuing I feel like you did a good job at clearly demonstrating your knowledge of linguistic concepts. I do feel that using even more outside knowledge from articles you may have read may benefit you even more in this field.
13/25
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